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The Wilkes Center aims to catalyze innovative science and solutions to address climate change.

The Wilkes Center leverages the University of Utah’s unique position and environment to drive world-class research on climate change forecasting, impacts, and solutions and places this science in the hands of decision-makers. Drawing on multidisciplinary centers of excellence at the University of Utah, the Wilkes Center strives for practical, integrative, and solutions-oriented research that can translate into policy around climate extremes, including wildfire and drought, air quality, natural ecosystems, carbon and water cycling, human environment and health. The Center is fostering educational and research training programs that support climate innovation and developing a new generation of solution-oriented leaders.

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Leadership

Fielding Norton

Managing Director
fielding.norton@utah.edu

 

Tim Collins

Leadership Team
  801-581-8218
 tim.collins@geog.utah.edu

Tim Collins

Leadership Team
I am a faculty person in the Department of Geography and the Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program at the University of Utah. My research focuses on environmental justice, health disparities, and social vulnerability to hazards/disasters. My projects apply multiple methods (e.g., spatial analysis, statistics, survey research, as well as qualitative) to examine human dimensions of flooding, wildfire, air pollution, climate change, and other environmental phenomena.
  801-581-8218
 tim.collins@geog.utah.edu

Gannet Hallar

Leadership Team
 801-587-7238
 gannet.hallar@utah.edu

Gannet Hallar

Leadership Team
The overarching theme of Dr. Hallar's research is using high quality measurements of trace gases, aerosol physical and chemical properties, and cloud microphysics to understand connections between the biosphere, atmosphere, and climate, along with the impact of anthropogenic emissions on these connections. More specifically, currently her research uses high elevation sites, combined with airborne measurements, to study the formation processes of Cloud Condensation Nuclei and Ice Nuclei.
 801-587-7238
 gannet.hallar@utah.edu

Beth Parker

Leadership Team
 Beth.Parker@law.utah.edu

Beth Parker

Leadership Team
Beth Parker is a Senior Attorney and Stegner Center Senior Fellow at the S.J. Quinney College of Law, Wallace Stegner Center, Law & Policy Program, where she also teaches Air Pollution Law & Policy, coaches the College of Law’s Pace Environmental Moot Court team, and teaches an Environmental Policy Accelerator course focused on Great Salt Lake. She is also the Law & Policy Lead for the Great Salt Lake Project at the College of Law.
 Beth.Parker@law.utah.edu

Kody Powell

Leadership Team
 kody.powell@utah.edu

Kody Powell

Leadership Team
I am an energy systems researcher. I study complex, integrated systems of multiple energy components and use the tools of systems engineering, such as simulation, optimization, advanced control, and process design to develop and operate systems where the components are synergistic. Because energy supply and demand fluctuate, these systems need advanced computational tools to aid in simulation or to ensure that the system operates efficiently and reliably. My primary research interests are: hybrid energy systems, energy storage, solar thermal power, combined heat and power, building energy management, and the smart grid.
 kody.powell@utah.edu

Administrative Staff

Kyla Welch

Programs Manager
 1-801-646-6069
 kyla.welch@utah.edu

Ross Chambless

Community Engagement Manager
 (801) 646-6067
 ross.chambless@utah.edu

Max Seawright

Associate Director of Research Development
 (801) 646-6013
 max.seawright@utah.edu

Praveenaa Kulandhaivel

Web Software Developer
 praveenaa.kulandhaivel@utah.edu

Alex Kellgreen

Creative Content Assistant
 u1329698@utah.edu

Postdoctoral Researchers

Malcolm Araos

Postdoctoral researcher - Department of Geography
 malcolm.araos@utah.edu

Liz Mahon

Postdoctoral researcher - Department of Geology
 liz.mahon@utah.edu

Alfred Mayhew

Postdoctoral researcher - Department of Atmospheric Sciences
 a.mayhew@utah.edu

Jacob Levine

Postdoctoral researcher - Quantitative ecology
 Jacob.Levine@utah.edu

Smriti Srivastava

Postdoctoral researcher - Geoinformatics
 u6047122@utah.edu

Jyorthana Rajappa Muralidhar

Postdoctoral researcher - Department of Chemistry
 u6056001@utah.edu